25 January 2012 — williambowles.info

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As cyberspace turns its attention to the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, has been quietly signed or ratified by most of the developed world and is arguably the biggest threat to Internet freedom yet
Max Keiser and Stacy HerbertYesterday at 17:57
An ACTA of war: secret censor tool to shake up world wide web

23 January 2012
What’s interesting to me, however, is how the SOPA/PIPA fight really has energized folks into fighting all sorts of efforts to encroach the internet with expanded copyright law and copyright enforcement efforts
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert 23/01/2012 at 22:47
Polish Government’s Plan To Sign ACTA Gets The SOPA Treatment

“Treat it Like a Startup: New Features Every Day.”
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert 23/01/2012 at 19:31
#BlackoutSOPA: How 87,000 People Taught Us About The Future of Online Activism

CreativeAmerica, the astroturf group that keeps pretending that it’s a “grassroots” group. It was setup mainly to push for SOPA/PIPA
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert 23/01/2012 at 14:23
Creative America Restocks… Hires Former DHS/ICE Spokesperson

Whether SOPA and PIPA would have actually worked is an open question, but whether they were ever even necessary to begin with is even more important
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert 23/01/2012 at 09:24
Does Online Piracy Hurt The Economy? A Look At The Numbers The data simply doesn’t suggest that piracy is causing any serious economic harm to the US economy or the entertainment industry. Heavy-handed approaches to preventing piracy are wrong-headed and …

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Rick Falkvinge: This week’s collective action against the PIPA and SOPA bills in the United States was unprecedented and mighty. But have you noticed that we’re always on the defensive?
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert 22/01/2012 at 21:27
It’s Time To Go On The Offensive For Freedom Of Speech It must be made absolutely clear that the copyright monopoly does not extend to what an ordinary person can do with ordinary equipment in their home and spare time; …

US government shuts down file-sharing site MegaUpload
The Greanville Post 22/01/2012 at 18:25
By Patrick Zimmerman, SEP
Operating at the behest of the major media conglomerates, the US Department of Justice moved against one of the most popular file-sharing Internet sites, MegaUpload, on Thursday, shutting down the site, seizing millions of dollars in assets and arresting four people.

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The [Max Keiser‘s] information is so powerful they wish to keep it secret
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert 20/01/2012 at 21:33
Voting with your dollar: More than just SOPA and PIPA ‘You’re taking a traditional boycott and applying economic metrics and in this process it gives the activist more leverage,’ says financial activist Max Keiser, ‘Think strictly in strategic results. If …

Bill Killed: SOPA death celebrated as Congress recalls anti-piracy acts
Russiatoday.ru 20/01/2012 at 21:33
A controversial American anti-piracy act was recalled on Friday, which came as no small victory for hacktivists who launched history’s largest attack on several websites – including that of FBI – in protest of the Stop…

Matt Mullenweg on SOPA
The Greanville Post 20/01/2012 at 16:46
BBC VIEWPOINT ON BLACKOUT
Below we reproduce Matt’s contribution on the anti-SOPA Internet blackout, as collated by BBC.

Congress halts anti-piracy bills
BBC News 20/01/2012 at 16:45
The US House of Representatives and Senate postpone two anti-online piracy bills, Pipa and Sopa, days after widespread web protests.

PIPA postponed indefinitely
Russiatoday.ru 20/01/2012 at 15:58
The Internet was awarded a major victory Friday morning as Congress announced that they will indefinitely postpone voting on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA).

Wikipedia to RT: SOPA sledgehammer could smash any site on web
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert 20/01/2012 at 08:59

Impact on Online Freedom of Speech
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert 20/01/2012 at 07:25
Ron Paul only GOP candidate to publicly denounce SOPA; What is SOPA and Why Won’t it Work? Never-Ending Witch Hunt In short, SOPA is nothing but an never-ending witch hunt proposal that would allow the shutting down of websites, including …

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False flag cyber attack happening right now
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert 19/01/2012 at 22:58
Stacy Summary: Yeah right, so the day after activists and citizens around the world stopped SOPA legislation from happening; today we have ‘Anonymous’ attacking Dept of Justice, RIAA, Hadopi.fr, etc. with denial of service attacks? Big whoop. So the site …

Hollywood threatens Obama over SOPA
Russiatoday.ru 19/01/2012 at 20:59
If you see the White House invaded by aliens, blown up by laser beams or bombed by terrorists in any of the big summer blockbusters this year, consider it a subtle hint to the Oval Office by way of Hollywood.

Megaupload finished: Feds shut down file-sharing giant without SOPA
Russiatoday.ru 19/01/2012 at 20:54
A lot of good those Wednesday blackouts did for the Internet. Not.